Revision: June 15, 2014, midnight
HB 217 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 217
AN ACT imposing an extended term of imprisonment for assault against a health care provider.
SPONSORS: Rep. A. White, Graf 13
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill imposes an extended term of imprisonment for assault against a health care provider.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0107
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT imposing an extended term of imprisonment for assault against a health care provider.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Extended Imprisonment; Assault on a Health Care Provider. Amend RSA 651:6, I(g) to read as follows:
(g) Has knowingly committed or attempted to commit any of the crimes defined in RSA?631 where he or she knows the victim was, at the time of the commission of the crime, a law enforcement officer, a paid firefighter, volunteer firefighter, on-call firefighter, [or] licensed emergency medical care provider as defined in RSA 153-A:2, V, or any person who is a direct provider of health care including a physician, nurse, physician’s assistant, or ancillary personnel employed by or under the supervision of a physician, or any other person whose primary function is to provide health care to another individual acting in the line of duty;
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.